Manuel Silvestre Gutiérrez Chávez (Arequipa; December 30, 1826 — Lima; July 26, 1872) was a Peruvian colonel that participated in the coup d'état headed by his brother Tomás Gutiérrez against then president José Balta on July 22, 1872, dying in the events that took place four days later.

[1][2] He was described by historian Jorge Basadre as having frizzy hair and being fairer, more intelligent and enlightened than his brothers but thought to be "harsh and sinister.

[2] The Gutiérrez colonels, dissatisfied with the triumph of Manuel Pardo, the first civilian to win the presidential elections in 1872, plotted a coup against President José Balta.

Then Silvestre convinced Tomás to carry out the coup plan once and for all, given that there were only a few days left before the change of command would take place.

Four days later, while taking the tram at San Juan de Dios Station, he got into an altercation with a pro-Balta crowd, firing at them once with a revolver and woulding protestor Jaime Pacheco, who in turn shot him in the left arm.